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Painting the Beach

New Version - 2009

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Added by Richard Robinson on November 13, 2009 at 5:54pm — 4 Comments

Chapter 4 "Value" of the Mastering Color course is ready to go. I've spent a long time whittling this down to it's absolute core. There's just so much you could do here to learn about value, it was a matter of choosing the most powerful methods out of the bunch and puttin… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on November 10, 2009 at 1:25pm — 5 Comments

Mastering Color Chapter 3

I'm on a roll! Shortly after completing chapter 2 last week I had a wee accident on my scooter. I had been intending to do some paintings for a local exhibition, but I found I couldn't hold a paintbrush at all, but I could still push a mouse, so I got to work on chapter 3… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on October 18, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Mastering Color Chapter 2!

Get it here: www.livepaintinglessons.com/colour.php For all of you who've been waiting for me to get moving on this color video lesson, my sincere apologies that it's taken me so long to get around to it. A… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on October 7, 2009 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

How to paint footprints in sand?

Summer Lacey asked me how to paint those little indents and footprints in the sand. Here's some of what I wrote back... I had someone who sent me a link to this viewing software: http://www.prvsoft.com/movie-player.html This allows you to slow down some of the detail painting in the sand in… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on October 6, 2009 at 10:44am — 2 Comments

Summer - 30x30" Oil on Canvas

Just finished this one. Tried to really push the colour and brushwork and spent a lot of time trying to get the infused light effect of the sky pushing pa… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on October 1, 2009 at 5:28pm — 4 Comments

King of the Castle - 30x30" Oil on Canvas

Here's another working through of the style concept I mentioned in the previous post - allowing loose brushwork to be made real by the fi… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on September 30, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Boats Painting

30x30" Oil on Canvas Painted this in one day back at the studio from a photo in Queenstown - had to clamber down a muddy bank to get this shot, but well worth it. I was fo… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on September 29, 2009 at 10:21am — 2 Comments

Painting the South

Sunset on 'The Remarkables'. (not a painting) Back from painter's paradise in Queenstown, lower south island of New Zealand. Still one of my favorite places in the world - awe-i… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on September 24, 2009 at 10:56am — 2 Comments

New Paintings

Here are my latest paintings. My goal was to paint these in one day. One was painted in 6 hours and the other was in 5 hours, 50 minutes.

Peyto Lake

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Added by John Hunter on September 11, 2009 at 12:13pm — No Comments

South Island Painting Workshop

2x20" oil on Canvas - "Paradise Valley III" Here's a paintin… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on September 3, 2009 at 2:27pm — 4 Comments

Painting Questions - brush technique

Here's an email I answered recently - thought it might help some other folks out if I showed you my reply to John's questions....

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Added by Richard Robinson on August 25, 2009 at 10:35am — No Comments

We're Back!

Well that was fun! 7 Nights in Rarotonga with my goodly wife and 5 friends. In case you're wondering, yes I did take my paints - lugged my big outdoor painting easil over there with me - don't know what everyone else had in their backpacks - mine was chocka! BUT, I didn't do any… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on August 20, 2009 at 1:02pm — 1 Comment

We're Leaving!

But we'll be back. :-) Going to Rarotonga for a week's holiday (leaving the kiddies with Grandma) and heading off in a Boeing heat-seeking airplane to soak up some vitamin D. It's winter here in New Zealand at the moment - a good cold one too.

Helen (my wife… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on August 5, 2009 at 1:29pm — 1 Comment

Still Life Painting - Quang Ho inspired

Oil on canvas - 12x13"

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Added by Richard Robinson on July 2, 2009 at 1:30pm — 6 Comments

Beach painting in the studio from painting and photographic reference.

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Added by Richard Robinson on June 29, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Richard and Simons day out Plein Air Painting in Christchurch

Thought I would deposit the other end of the boat for your viewing pleasure. As usual I see many things I’m not that happy with but those where the decisions I made on the day. It was a great day and I learned allot Painting with Richard. I enjoyed his approach and the fact that he voiced… Continue

Added by simon kramer on June 27, 2009 at 1:41pm — 1 Comment